Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 73 BCE)

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Gaius Cassius Longinus Varus was consul of the Roman republic.

He was consul in 73 BCE with Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus. Cassius and his colleague passed the lex Terentia Cassia that stipulated for grain to be sold at a low price in Rome. He drew Cisapline Gaul as his province for the following year. He faced off against Sparticus near Mutina but was defeated. He later supported the law in 66 BCE that gave command of the war against Mithridates to Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. He was proscribed and killed at Minturnae in 43 BCE.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).

Preceded by Marcus Aurelius Cotta and Lucius Licinius Lucullus

Consul of the Roman Republic with Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus 73 BCE

Succeeded by Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus and Lucius Gellius Publicola